 What is up you guys? I'll go back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Gold Pony. I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 Coupe, courtesy of Mercedes-Benz of Hagerstown in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because this is an insanely good looking SUV. Not only that, you do get a four year, 50,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty as well, which, of course, beats the traditional three year, 36,000 mile warranty. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality sounds to some exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so MSRP for the GLC 300 Coupe, we'll start at $54,700. Powering the beast is a two liter turbo charged inline four cylinder, putting out 255 horsepower at 5,800 RPM, 273 pound feet of torque coming in at 1,800 RPM, power sent to all four wheels. This is a four Matic all wheel drive only, so that's pretty nice. That power sent to the ground through a nine speed automatic with paddle shifters, which you guys know we will be testing out here in a little bit, but zero to 60 time is going to come in at approximately 6.2 seconds, top speed 135 miles per hour with MPG numbers coming in at 21 in the city, 27 on the highway taking premium unleaded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test here in the GLC 300 Coupe, we'll dimension you guys the drive modes. So there's a little toggle switch labeled dynamic, it stands for dynamic select. When you press that up and down, essentially you got eco comfort, sport, sport plus and individual drive modes, adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response, the steering sensitivity and the eco start start system then as well. So now I've got all of that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the paddle shifters and acceleration here to the test at the same time. Let's see how quickly the paddle shifters are going to react and let's see how quickly we can get this thing here up to speed. All right, here we go. So we were in sport driving mode in three, two, one, go baby. This is quick dude. All right, paddle shifters are actually okay. Not the quickest I've ever felt, but they're not slow either. So paddle shifters are all right, acceleration was great. I definitely liked that acceleration. Definitely not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. Zero to 60 in 6.2 seconds you guys. In case you didn't know already, it's pretty quick. So definitely not going to have any issues there. That was fine. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So up front you will find 13.5 inch ventilated front disc in the back, 12.6 inch solid rear disc. As far as that braking fuel goes, since there's nobody behind us here. I love it. That feels good. Yeah, definitely on the firmer side of things, not a soft braking fuel, which you sometimes do find in SUVs. So I did want to mention that. So braking fuel is perfectly fine for me at least. That touching on suspension and handling up front you're going to get an independent four-link front suspension in the back. Five arm multi-link rear design. But not only that, you also do get an adaptive damping suspension. So that's something that doesn't always come standard. Even on luxury manufacturers, so that adaptive damping suspension is nice. Essentially what that is is it monitors each shock absorber individually. Not only adjusting to the road imperfections, giving you a smoother ride, but it's also going to tighten up that suspension during heavy cornering, really giving you the best of both worlds. So a lot of times that will be optional in other luxury manufacturers, but very rarely will it come standard unless you're paying like $100,000 or something like that. So I like that it's standard here on the GLC 300 Coupe. I'm a big fan of that. So ultimately when it comes to ride quality, I've personally had no issues at my short little test drive here today. So that is 100% on point touching on steering field. Actually, I like it here. It's in sport driving mode still and it's definitely weighted on the heavier side of things. Let me do an experiment here. Put it back in comfort driving mode. It does loosen up, but quite honestly, even in comfort driving mode, the steering feel is still quite brilliant. Still weighted on the heavier side of things, but if you wanted even heavier steering feel, that's what you got the sport driving mode for. So I love this steering feel on the GLC 300 Coupe, touching on cabin noise and going 55 miles per hour right now. So I'll let you guys be the judge of that, but it's been perfectly fine for me. And I do want to mention though, there is a noise insulated front glass kind of option that goes for $150. It's essentially an acoustic front windshield. So that's gonna assist with a little less cabin noise as well, so that is pretty cool. That touching on visibility, I could see, eh, I don't know. I'm just gonna say I don't know because it's not bad. Honestly, you will probably get used to it. It's not gonna be as good as the GLC 300 without the Coupe form because it's just because of its shape, because of its kind of sport back shape and the back, it's not gonna be as good as a traditional SUV's rear visibility would be because you have less of that glass to actually look out of in the back. But like I said, if you ask a Camaro owner, if you ask the 370C owner how the rear visibility is, they're gonna say it's perfectly fine because it's one of those things that you get used to. So for me, I wouldn't have an issue with it because this thing is dang good looking and it's worth the sacrifice of my personal opinion. The touching on full visibility, rain-sensitive windshield wipers actually do come standard on this thing, which I absolutely love. Essentially, what that is, is it's gonna detect any kind of mist or rainfall. It's gonna automatically then turn on this windshield wipers for you. So little convenience feature there. It did want to also mention though, there is a head-up display that is an option that gives an additional $1,100 if you wanted to go that route. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, guys. So they'll go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 Coupe. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 Coupe finished in graphite gray metallic. In case you were curious of our exterior color name that we had on this one today. So let's go ahead and start with where this one is made because as you guys know, although this is a German company, that doesn't mean necessarily that it is built in Germany, but in the case of the GLC 300 Coupe, it actually is, starts with the W on the bin there. So this one is built and assembled in Germany. But now let's go ahead and start up front on this one. Diamond block front grill in typical Mercedes-Benz fashion that has always looked good and it still does today. Did want to mention there is an additional option being an illuminated star, which actually we do have. It might be hard to tell here in the daylight, but that goes for $500 if you wanted to go that route. That is pretty cool. I've seen that light up at night and it looks dang good. It definitely stands out. So I like it. Anyways, chrome accents on the lower portion of that front bumper, I guess the front lip you could say. So like that front air curtains to the side, helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination. Of course, to the sides then LED headlights with LED daytime running lights do come standard. You do get the automatic feature with that as well, meaning when it starts to get dark and at night, those headlights will turn on automatically for you there. And automatic high beams, which were newly standard for last year, the 2022 model, of course, are going to come standard again on the 2023. So definitely a very good looking front end. Let's not go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so I've been out since we are around to the side of this one. The satin chrome windows surrounds do come standard. You do have some chrome accents found on the upper portion of those door handles if you get up a little bit closer as well. Brew privacy glass also going to come standard. And then take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals coming standard as well. But not only that, power folding mirrors also coming standard. So gotta love that. Then take a look down to the wheel configuration. These are some dang good looking wheels on the GLCC. I gotta admit 19 inch five spoke alloys will come standard but there are plenty of 20 inch wheel designs available including the AMG wheel design that we have today. So there are a couple AMG line packages that give you 20 inch wheels specifically for those AMG packages. So they definitely look good. But anyways, pretty much rounds out the side profile. Gotta love that sport back design but now let's go ahead and make our way to the back. And so now since we are around to the back of this one you guys can see all the way to the top there there is a very low profile kind of I guess you can't even call it a shark fin antenna but antenna. So that is pretty cool. I always liked the low profile look. There's kind of an integrated rear spoiler. I'm gonna get up a little bit closer so I can show you this to you guys. But it's not really a rear spoiler but it's kind of integrated. It's got a little lip to it. So I think that looks dang good as well. Got the formatic badging back there indicating that all wheel drive essentially comes standard on this one. LED tail lights do come standard across the board as expected at this price range. Of course, just to the bottom at the very bottom here you will get a rear diffuser. That looks pretty good as well but perhaps my little pet pee for the GLC 300 coupe is going to be the fake exhaust outlets. And so you have these giant kind of chrome outlets. It looks like they're exhaust outlets but they're not because if you actually get up a little bit closer underneath you're gonna see that this thing does have dual exhaust outlets but they're both kind of tucked away towards the ground as opposed to actually pushing them through the exhaust outlets which you would think would be the case. But anyways, that's my little pet pee fight. As always, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here is that exhaust clip. All right, so but now since we are around to the back of the GLC 300 coupe when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it actually is a hands-free power tailgate coming standard on this thing. So simply just walk up behind it with the key fob in your pocket kick underneath. It's gonna automatically open up for you there. And if you didn't wanna do that there is a button on the key fob to again it's a power tailgate and there is a hidden way if you press in on the upper portion of that Mercedes Benz logo back there as well that is yet another way. Let's go ahead and open up the rear tailgate. But once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 17.6 cubic feet. But there are some buttons to fold those rear seats down in the cargo area of course. And if you do that that is gonna bump that number up to 49.4 cubic feet then there is some cargo lighting back there. There's grocery bag hooks. There's chrome plated tie-down anchors as well. There's a 12-volt power outlet. There is a side cargo net back there, a cargo cover. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you're going to find a spare tire in there as well. One of the better things about the cargo area is it's all finished in like this nice carpet kind of material as well. So you typically will find that in luxury manufacturers like BMW and Mercedes, so I am a big fan of that. So then making our way up to the rear legroom that is going to come in at 37.2 inches. So for reference, I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear ventilation does come standard. There's dual phone charging ports back there as well. There actually is a 12-volt power outlet. There is a rear center armrest with cup holders and kind of a tablet holder as well which I thought was pretty cool. And heated seats are available for an additional $500. If you wanted to go that route, fun fact on those heated seats last year there were an additional $580, but for 2023 only an additional $500. So anyways, then making our way up to the front seats, power adjustable front seats with four-way power lumbar coming standard. You do get memory settings for up to three different drivers and passengers as well. So you don't always find that even a luxury vehicle. So the passengers, they have three different settings on their side as well. So that's pretty cool. Heated front seats are going to come standard. I'm loving them today since it was 22 degrees when I first started filming this video. Ventilated front seats go for $450. MBtex upholstery is going to come standard. However, full-leather seating gives her $1,620 if you wanted to go that route. And overall seating was plenty comfortable. One of my favorite parts about this seating though is the side bolsters are pretty thick. They definitely come out a good bit. So when I was going around the turns on those back roads back there, I definitely felt like it was holding me in place pretty darn well. So I'm a big fan of that. So if you wanted to have a little more spirited driving on the back roads, you can do that with the GLC 300 coupe because of the side bolsters. So big fan. But anyways, then take a look at the steering wheel, just tilt and telescoping. It is power adjustable like that leather wrapped as well. And if you wanted the heated steering wheel, that adds an additional $250, but that is available for you then. But so then make your way to the startup. All of your buttons are located on one side of the key here. You got lock unlock. And of course, that button to pop the rear tailgate there, but it is all key list entry where they push button start. So all I'm going to do is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button, which actually is a pretty cool design to it. Kind of by the driver's right knee there. So I'm also a fan of that. Good attention to detail Mercedes. Then once started up, analog gauges do come standard on this thing, but there's a 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster. That goes for $750 if you wanted to go that route. And that is a completely customizable. And so essentially if you press the home button on the steering wheel itself and you go all the way over to the right, you have the option for designs. When you hit designs, you got sport classic and progressive. So that completely changes the look of the gauges up there. So I did want to mention that cause that is one of the coolest things about digital gauges. It can be completely customized. And of course you have your outside temperature indicator up there. You have how many miles you have left until you hit empty. There's the time of day. List goes on. Pretty much everything you could possibly want on the gauges up front there. They make our way to overall interior quality. There is a power sunroof that does come standard 100% love that. You typically don't find standard sunroofs or moonroofs these days. So I like that. Also there is an overhead sunglass holder up top there as well. Autodiming rear view mirror with garage door openers for up to three different garage doors. And that's going to be a frameless mirror as well. So I like that. Dual zoom climate control does come standard 64 colors of ambient lighting as well. Mercedes-Benz definitely does ambient lighting very well. Wireless phone charger goes for $200. If you wanted to go that route, there's plenty of different wood trims available. So we kind of have this aluminum trim accent and going on in our particular configuration here today. Found on the doors, just behind the infotainment screen as well. But there is a lot of contrast stitching. So I did like that. Just in front of the touchpad controller that is where the wireless phone chargers located. There's also a phone charging port up there. There's a couple cup holders. And then the center armrest, you got a couple more phone charging ports actually and a decent amount of storage in there. And we actually do have the matte wood finishes. And I like how the matte wood finish is kind of texturized as well. It's finished in black here, kind of surrounding everything in the middle. So I do like that. Overall honestly, interior quality is 100% on point. So definitely didn't have any issues there. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen. 10 and a quarter inch color touch screen display is going to come standard. So yes, it is touch screen. There is also that touchpad controller and buttons I just mentioned to you guys behind the cup holders. And there's also the availability for you to say, hey Mercedes, how may I help you? Turn on the radio. And there you go. It literally lists us to everything you say. It will do whatever you ask it to do. I'm just saying. But anyways, Bluetooth and audio streaming, of course, do come standard Android Auto, Apple CarPlay as well. Factory navigation system also coming standard. You can check out your driving statistics up there if you wanted to. And there's a bunch of themes as well. And that's another one of my favorite parts. If you kind of swipe up from the bottom, you're going to get a bunch of themes like trip experience, efficiency, lounge and standard. It completely changes the look of everything in the actual vehicle. So it's going to change things like the ambient lighting setting. So if you put in kind of the sportier mode, it's going to kind of give you like this orange ambient lighting, it's going to give you all your driving statistics on the infotainment screen. It's also going to change the gauge readout to the sport kind of look. So it changes a lot about the actual vehicle itself when you change those themes. So I do like that feature. I'm a pretty big fan. But also of course you can check out your radio information up there. And so standard sound system will be six speakers, but there is an optional 13 speaker Bermester sound system. That one goes for $850. And that is not the one we have today, unfortunately. But that one does come with 590 watts. But we do have the six speaker sound system with us here today. So what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. Actually not that bad. The clarity was pretty darn good. Bass was okay as well. When it comes to six speaker sound systems, it's definitely one of the better ones that I've heard in a while. So I don't mind the six speaker. Obviously, if you're into music, go with the Bermester. And honestly, $850 for that kind of a sound system. That's a good bit of bang for your buck. But I don't mind the six speaker. I'd probably go Bermester. But anyways, last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the GLC 300 Coupe in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board. But you will also get a surround view monitor coming standard as well, which is gonna give you that bird's eye aerial view, which is always going to lead us into safety. So to start, front side side curtain airbags do come standard, driver's knee airbag up front as well. In the back, you're gonna have latch, AKA lower anchor status to children for the rear car seats. Rear child doloxed, heart pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard, active brake assist, Mercedes-Benz emergency call service, blind spot assist with exit warning, cross wind assist, parked tronic with active parking assist, and rear cross traffic alert then as well. Did wanna mention one more thing when it comes to safety. There is a driver assistance package that goes for $1,700. That gives you adaptive cruise control, active steering assist, evasive steering assist, and a couple other things then as well. So overall, when it comes to my final thoughts here, great looking vehicle. I definitely love the styling of the coupe form in SUV kind of fashion. I don't know how else to put it. Excellent ambient lighting as always. Mercedes-Benz always crushes it with that. Digital gauges are wonderful. I love how you can completely adjust the look up there. Great driving dynamics as expected. Zero to 60, 6.2 is great. The braking feel is great. The steering feel is wonderful as well, especially in that sport driving mode. So far as room for improvement goes, rear visibility obviously isn't gonna be the best with this particular shape. I think it's personally worth it though because of the shape. It makes it look so much better. But again, it's not gonna be as good as its traditional SUV counterparts. And the other thing I think that last safety package should really come standard on this thing because most other manufacturers, even non-luxury manufacturers are giving you standard adaptive cruise control and evasive steering assist, things like that. So that's my other constructive criticism. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of the GLC 300 Coupe in the comments section below and that is about it for this. I mean, you guys, thank you so much for watching. If you're free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen, if you wanna see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube, be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in your new car reviews. That is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold. I'll see you guys in the next video. Bye.